Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 1,180 water rights on record in Montezuma County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1868-03-02 to 2024-12-18.
CFS on record: 3,660.9 absolute · 1,004.2 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 167 rights in Montezuma County carry a conditional portion, water that is decreed but not yet perfected. Absolute and conditional are not the same asset.
In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Montezuma County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 423 | 35.8% | |
| 1900-1949 | 291 | 24.7% | |
| 1950-1969 | 84 | 7.1% | |
| 1970-1999 | 295 | 25.0% | |
| 2000+ | 87 | 7.4% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Irrigation | 861 |
| Stock | 529 |
| Domestic | 284 |
| Fire | 89 |
| Other | 88 |
| Fishery | 84 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0710 | SAN JUAN RIVER | 0.0223 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0718 | SAN JUAN RIVER | 0.0045 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0601 | MCELMO CREEK | 0.0134 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0602 | MCELMO CREEK | 0.0111 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0603 | MCELMO CREEK | 0.1337 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0613 | MCELMO CREEK | 0.0067 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0615 | MCELMO CREEK | 0.0006 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0201 | SAN JUAN RIVER | 0.0111 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0401 | SAN JUAN RIVER | 0.0067 CFS | Stock | state record |
| 1868-03-02 | SP-0623 | SAN JUAN RIVER | 0.0011 CFS | Stock | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Montezuma County covers every one of the 1,180 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.
Buying, lending on, or listing irrigated ground here? Ask for the county file, or for a single property's water summary. The first one is on me.
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Records last updated 10 September 2026.